by noobly on 2/8/23, 8:09 AM with 8 comments
I took almost all my classes online, and I completely dread the formalism required vs my previous jobs (logging, construction, etc). I don’t personally know any professionals like this either. I’ve been trying to read books on identity and self esteem to grapple with these issues holding me back, but I’m having a hard time, I just feel like a fish out of water. To me it signals I need to work on myself, but I don’t know how to begin feeling ‘professional’ and not alienated. For context I run a farm by myself, I talk to maybe 6 people a month in a rural area. It’s extremely intimidating to jump into applying for programming jobs for me right now and I know my self doubt is going to shine through in any interview.
by kstenerud on 2/8/23, 8:28 AM
A job is not our natural state; hunting and gathering is our natural state. Anything beyond that is unnatural.
So you do what needs to be done to bring in the money to give you the freedom to do what you actually want to do. Focus on that.
For context I spent 5 years maintaining a small farm while working remote as a software dev. You do what you have to.
Also, finish your degree. Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it. Nothing's stopping you from entering the farm automation game.
by logicalmonster on 2/8/23, 3:24 PM
You can spend most of the time on your farm.
You can avoid the corporate office politics and BS.
You can work on more casual and smaller projects in a more relaxed environment.
You might have a niche in a rural area such as helping other farmers get setup with selling some of their products online.
by brudgers on 2/8/23, 2:38 PM